1、BRITISH STANDARDBS EN 61995-1:2008Devices for the connection of luminaires for household and similar purposes Part 1: General requirementsICS 29.120.20; 29.140.40g49g50g3g38g50g51g60g44g49g42g3g58g44g55g43g50g56g55g3g37g54g44g3g51g40g53g48g44g54g54g44g50g49g3g40g59g38g40g51g55g3g36g54g3g51g40g53g48g
2、44g55g55g40g39g3g37g60g3g38g50g51g60g53g44g42g43g55g3g47g36g58BS EN 61995-1:2008This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 July 2008 BSI 2008ISBN 978 0 580 54128 5National forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 6
3、1995-1:2008. It was derived by CENELEC from IEC 61995-1:2005.The CENELEC common modifications have been implemented at the appropriate places in the text and are indicated by tags (e.g. ).The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PEL/23, Electrical accessories.A li
4、st of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from lega
5、l obligations.Amendments/corrigenda issued since publicationDate CommentsEUROPEAN STANDARD EN 61995-1 NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM May 2008 CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comit Europen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europisches Komitee fr Elektrotechnische Norm
6、ung Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels 2008 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members. Ref. No. EN 61995-1:2008 E ICS 29.120.20; 29.140.40 English version Devices for the connection of luminaires for household and
7、 similar purposes - Part 1: General requirements (IEC 61995-1:2005, modified) Dispositifs de connexion pour luminaires pour usage domestique et analogue - Partie 1: Exigences gnrales (CEI 61995-1:2005, modifie) Betriebsmittel fr den Anschluss von Leuchten fr Haushalt und hnliche Zwecke - Teil 1: All
8、gemeine Anforderungen (IEC 61995-1:2005, modifiziert) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2008-04-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without
9、 any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language
10、made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions. CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark
11、, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. BS EN 61995-1:2008 2 Foreword The text of the International
12、Standard IEC 61995-1:2005, prepared by SC 23B, Plugs, socket-outlets and switches, of IEC TC 23, Electrical accessories, together with common modifications prepared by the Technical Committee CENELEC TC 23BX, D.C. plugs and socket outlets and switches for household and similar fixed electrical insta
13、llations, was submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure and was approved by CENELEC as EN 61995-1 on 2008-04-01. The following dates were fixed: latest date by which the EN has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2009-04-01
14、latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2013-04-01 Annexes ZA and ZB have been added by CENELEC. _ Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 61995-1:2005 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard with agreed common modif
15、ications. _ CONTENTS 1 Scope 5 2 Normative references .5 3 Terms and definitions .6 4 General requirements .8 5 General notes on tests8 6 Ratings 9 7 Classification9 8 Marking10 9 Checking of dimensions12 10 Protection against electric shock.13 11 Provision for earthing15 12 Terminals and terminatio
16、ns.15 13 Construction of DCL outlets 27 14 Construction of DCL Plugs31 15 Resistance to ageing and to humidity33 16 Insulation resistance and electric strength.34 17 Operation of earthing contacts 36 18 Making and breaking capacity.36 19 Temperature rise 37 20 Force necessary to insert and withdraw
17、the plug .39 21 Flexible cables and their connection .39 22 Mechanical strength .42 23 Resistance to heat52 24 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections.54 25 Creepage distances, clearances and distances through sealing compound 56 26 Resistance of insulating material to abnormal heat, to fire
18、and to tracking58 27 Resistance to rusting 60 28 EMC Requirements.60 Figure 1 Arrangement for checking damage to conductors 17 Figure 2 Information for deflection test .26 Figure 3 Circuit diagram for temperature rise test .58 Figure 4 Apparatus for testing the flexible cable retention .40 Figure 5
19、Sequence of blows for parts A, B, C and D44 Figure 6 Arrangement for test on covers or cover-plates .46 3 BS EN 61995-1:2008Annex ZA (normative) Special national conditions.62Annex ZB (normative) Normative references to international publications with theircorresponding European publications63Biblio
20、graphy61Figure 9 Examples of application of the gauge of Figure 7 in accordance with the requirements of 22.6.50 Figure 10 Gauge for verification of grooves, holes and reverse tapers.51 Figure 11 Sketch showing the direction of application of the gauge of Figure 1051 Figure 12 Ball pressure test app
21、aratus 53 Table 1 Connection of copper conductors.16 Table 2 Values for checking damage to conductors .18 Table 3 Values for pull forces.19 Table 4 Core composition of conductors .19 Table 5 Screw torque values 20 Table 6 Test current for checking screwless terminals 23 Table 7 Conductors for deflec
22、tion test 27 Table 8 Force for deflection test.27 Table 9 Forces to be applied to covers, cover-plates whose fixing is not dependent on screws29 Table 10 Test sequence for temperature rise test .39 Table 11 Cable dimensions for the flexible cable retention test .41 Table 12 Schedule of mechanical st
23、rength test .42 Table 13 Height of fall for impact test .43 Table 14 Creepage distances and clearances.58 4 BS EN 61995-1:2008Figure 7 Gauge (thickness: about 2 mm) for the verification of the outline of covers or cover-plates48 Figure 8 Examples of application of the gauge of Figure 7 on covers fix
24、ed without screws on a mounting surface or supporting surface49 DEVICES FOR THE CONNECTION OF LUMINAIRES FOR HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR PURPOSES Part 1: General requirements 1 Scope NOTE 1 This standard does not cover integrated DCL-plugs (under consideration). This standard can also be applied to types
25、other than those with standardised interface. NOTE 2 Void. DCL plugs and DCL outlets complying with this standard are suitable for use under the following conditions: an ambient temperature not normally exceeding 25 C, but occasionally reaching 35 C; NOTE 3 The effect of the heat generated by the lu
26、minaire may affect the ambient temperature local to the DCL. a temperature not exceeding 70 C at the terminals of the DCL outlet including the effect of heat generated by the luminaire and the passage of current. NOTE 4 The requirements and tests of this standard may also be used as a guide when tes
27、ting DCLs which have different interface configurations or ratings. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced doc
28、ument (including any amendments) applies. IEC 60068-2-32:1975, Environmental testing Part 2: Tests Test Ed: Free fall IEC 60068-2-75:1997, Environmental testing Part 2: Tests Test Eh: Hammer test IEC 60112, Method for the determination of the proof and the comparative tracking indices of solid insul
29、ating materials 5 BS EN 61995-1:2008This standard applies to devices for the connection of luminaires (DCL) intended for household and similar purposes, for the electrical connection of fixed luminaires of class I or class II to final circuits rated at not more than 16 A without providing a mechanic
30、al support for the luminaire. DCLs are intended for use according to their IP rating per EN 60529. Outlets have an earthing contact and a rated current of 6 A, plugs are rated at 6 A. The rated voltage is 250 V at 50 Hz. IEC 60227-5, Polyvinyl chloride insulated cables of rated voltages up to and in
31、cluding 450/750V Part 5: Flexible cables (cords) IEC 60417-DB:1), Graphical symbols for use on equipment IEC 60529, Degrees of protection provided by enclosures IEC 60695-2-11, Fire hazard testing Part 2-11: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods Glow-wire flammability test method for end-products IEC
32、61032:1997, Protection of persons and equipment by enclosures Probes for verification 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. Where the terms voltage and current are used, they imply r.m.s. values, unless otherwise specified. Throughout t
33、his standard the word “earthing“ is used for “protective earthing“. 3.1 device for connecting a luminaire DCL system comprising a DCL outlet and a DCL plug providing a fixed luminaire with electrical connection to and disconnection from a fixed installation NOTE The designations DCL, DCL outlet or D
34、CL plug, are used when it is necessary to specify particular requirements and test specifications. 3.2 DCL outlet device for connecting a luminaire having socket-contacts designed to engage with the pins of a DCL plug and having terminals for the connection of cable 3.3 DCL plug device for connectin
35、g a luminaire having pins designed to engage with the contacts of a DCL outlet, also incorporating means for the electrical connection and mechanical retention of flexible cable 3.4 rewirable DCL plug DCL plug so constructed that the flexible cable can be replaced 3.5 non-rewirable DCL plug DCL plug
36、 so constructed that it forms a complete unit with the flexible cable after connection and assembly by the manufacturer of the plug (see also 14.1) 1) “DB” refers to the IEC on-line database. 6 BS EN 61995-1:20083.6 moulded-on DCL plug non-rewirable DCL plug, the manufacture of which is completed by
37、 insulating material moulded around pre-assembled component parts and the terminations of the flexible cable 3.7 rated voltage voltage assigned to the DCL plug or DCL outlet by the manufacturer 3.8 rated current current assigned to the DCL plug or DCL outlet by the manufacturer 3.9 mounting box box
38、in or on a wall or ceiling, etc., for flush or surface application, intended to house a DCL outlet 3.10 terminal insulated or non-insulated connecting device intended for reusable electrical connection of the external conductors 3.11 termination insulated or non-insulated connecting device intended
39、for non-reusable electrical connection of the external conductors 3.12 clamping unit part or parts of a terminal necessary for the mechanical clamping and the electrical connection of the conductor(s) 3.13 screw-type terminal terminal for the connection and subsequent disconnection of a conductor or
40、 the interconnection of two or more conductors capable of being dismantled, the connection being made, directly or indirectly, by means of screws or nuts of any kind 3.14 pillar terminal terminal with screw clamping in which the conductor is inserted into a hole or cavity, where it is clamped under
41、the shank of the screw or screws. The clamping pressure may be applied directly by the shank of the screw or through an intermediate member to which pressure is applied by the shank of the screw NOTE Examples of pillar terminals are shown in IEC 60999-1. 3.15 screw terminal terminal with screw clamp
42、ing in which the conductor is clamped under the head of the screw. The clamping pressure may be applied directly by the head of the screw or through an intermediate part, such as a washer, clamping plate or anti-spread device NOTE Examples of screw terminals are shown in IEC 60999-1. 7 BS EN 61995-1
43、:20083.16 stud terminal terminal with screw clamping in which the conductor is clamped under a nut. The clamping pressure may be applied directly by a suitably shaped nut or through an intermediate part, such as a washer, clamping plate or anti-spread device NOTE Examples of stud terminals are shown
44、 in IEC 60999-1. 3.17 mantle terminal terminal with screw clamping in which the conductor is clamped against the base of a slot in a threaded stud by means of a nut. The conductor is clamped against the base of the slot by a suitably shaped washer under the nut, by a central peg if the nut is a cap
45、nut, or by equally effective means for transmitting the pressure from the nut to the conductor within the slot NOTE Examples of mantle terminals are shown in IEC 60999-1. 3.18 screwless terminal connecting device for the connection and subsequent disconnection of a rigid (solid or stranded) or flexi
46、ble conductor or the interconnection of two or more conductors capable of being dismantled, the connection being made, directly or indirectly, by means of springs, parts of angled, eccentric or conical form, etc., without special preparation of the conductor concerned, other than removal of insulati
47、on 3.19 loop terminal supply terminal intended for the interconnection of live conductors 4 General requirements DCL systems shall be so designed and constructed that in normal use their performance is reliable and without danger to the user or surroundings. Compliance is checked by carrying out all
48、 the relevant tests specified. 5 General notes on tests 5.1 Tests according to this standard are type tests. 5.2 Unless otherwise specified, the specimens are tested as delivered and under normal conditions of use. Non-rewirable DCL plugs are tested with the type and size of flexible cable as delive
49、red. 5.3 Unless otherwise specified, the tests are carried out in the order of the clauses, at an ambient temperature between 15 C and 35 C. In case of doubt the tests are made at an ambient temperature of (20 5) C. Plugs and outlets are tested separately, unless otherwise specified. The neutral is treated as a pole. 8 BS EN 61995-1:20083.Z1 DCL temporary lampholder independent lampholder designed in order to be temporarily connected to a DC
